Why do some scientists now think that some early Americans may have arrived in the Americas via boat?

-They found remains?

Found inscriptions about it?

New Evidence has chalenged the idea?

Evidence has shown that boats made later by Americans evolved from earlier designs?One can only come to conclusions, erroneous perhaps, that some Europeans escaped the besieging them at the time. Could have been someone trying to get away from the Egyptians and their slavery to any of the events during those ancient times. I too would have grabbed a boat and seeked to escape. That is all and well understood I am sure. It would be hard to say none escaped and got lost at sea only to be washed up on the shores of the Pre-Columbian Continent. And to survive here one would have to be something that could impress the natives well enough to let one live. Perhaps some new technology or ability to wield a sword and fight or probably both. So we have all these ruins left behind that show that something intelligent enough to construct them was here. A taught lesson among the natives or perhaps the whole taking of control by the visitor due to his or her advanced knowledge of how to do things like smelt gold, chisel rock, transport heavy objects and built incredible semblances of what had already been done in Egypt. The idea that in the future the Gods will come like "clouds over the ocean" with their sails and all had to come from somewhere. Quetzalcoatl was a red haired blue eyed leader who made the premonitions and had to run after losing the war over the use of human sacrifices. He ended up in Yucatan.

This probably happened many times as the Egyptian Empire extended far and wide and for a long time. Many things happened during these times and it would be hard to think that it didn't happen.Hannah,

The answer is "They found remains..." but not of human skeletons but of Chinese ceramics. I am providing a link to Dr. Thomas Layton who is the discoverer of the ceramics near Point Cabrillo, Califronia and that these same ceramics pre-date the discovery of North America by one Italian who sailed for Spain and his name was Christopher Columbus.



Very interesting history here even if it is considered to be controversial by some; the ceramics are priceless.



All the best,

Gerry
Gerry and Utopian LIBotomy are both correct.



Myth and legend.

Artifacts.

Genetics.

Geography.

Ability.



There is just too much evidence all over North and South America --

The Clovis Points, the Olmec heads, the "blonde" East Coast Inuits, Roman coins, of all things, found up and down the East Coast of South America, numerous myths and legends of white skinned, red or blonde haired, blue eyed people from Eastern Canada, to Mexico, to the Amazon.



I saw a History Channel show recently about a particular kind of ancient boat showing up in the Pacific Northwest - thought to be Native to North America until someone pointed out that the IDENTICAL boat, made in a very special way, only one of its kind - was also found in the Philippines, recessive European genetic traits showing up in pockets of Native North Americans like blue eyes or curly hair (famous Native American fighter, Crazy Horse had BOTH blue eyes and curly hair), ancient remains computer reconstructed face clearly showed that of a very, very white male, not Native, he was SO white the Washington courts all agreed in a case where the Canadian and American Natives were fighting to keep the remains, the natives lost.



Thor Heyerdahl has built boats out of ancient materials and sail all over the world in them.

In his solid balsa wood boat he sailed from South America to French Polynesia, 4,300 mile (8,000 km). He built a boat from solid Egyptian reeds and two other from papyrus, all from an ancient Egyptian design and has sailed across the Atlantic. Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, up to the Red Sea. He's been doing this for years. So it is quite possible.



And one last thing. Global Warming. It has melted the Northern Icecap as you know. Cartographers are going crazy. New islands that used to be completely covered over with ice are now popping up all over the North Atlantic. No 10 or 20 but 100s of these small land masses --- making it quite possible for an ancient vessel to sail from British Isles and island-hop all the way to Canada -- easily.



The Polynesians and the Chinese both had the sea vessels capable of making that trip across the Pacific and now we see the possibility of Northern Europeans crossing the Atlantic also.



To see THor's boats;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_II#The_b鈥?/a>
Yes, ancient welch. Yes, they have found the remains of what would have been an ancient Norse person (viking - Scandinavian - Norwegian "haplogroup was identified with remains found near "The Money Pit" here in North America. The vikings were the best at sea travel and NAV that we know of in the Ancient world besides the Romans with their Anti therum device (they lack any proof of a real expidition on sea) the polynesians were also very good boat builders, and their haplogroup merged with a little clovis people could be native american.
There has been many factors, most of which are some of the artifacts that have been found on America and on other continents. These artifacts match and there was no way for them to cross on land.
Well its not like they could've taken a car?